it's going to affect all of us. if you put money back in the hands again of millions of americans who lost their jobs through no fault of their own, allow them again to invest back in the economy, what's going to happen? you're going to see consumer spending go up. in turn, you're going to see consumer confidence rise among those individuals that are working, which means they're going to start spending more. again, based upon the law of supply and demand, what happens when demand starts to put a strain on the suppliers? they have to expand. what does that equal? job creation. >> julie: how politically active do you believe the 15 million unemployed should be in this election year? >> i think that they need to get out there and make their voices heard. i have always said that i think one positive has come out of millions of americans losing their jobs through no fault of their own and that is now that we have a new group of people out there who are educated, who are not going to go to the polls and just pull that lev